DaveLond

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by DaveLond 1y ago
It's worse than that - in UK law you cannot question the evidence produced by a computer unless you can prove the computer is not operating correctly - it's an inversion of the normal burden of proof. They've started the proc
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by DaveLond 12y ago
In colloquial UK usage it means 'paedophile', and is generally considered offensive.
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by DaveLond 12y ago
Isn't that problem self-solving? Who wants to dress like a celebrity dressed last season- you want what they're wearing this season. Keep it up to date, with what's "in" now. Disclaimer: I know nothing about fashion
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by DaveLond 12y ago
That's not the case - I flew with them a few weeks ago. Turns out in order to print the return journey boarding pass more than a week in advance you need to pre-book a seat (for a cost). Not great if you're going away for two week
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by DaveLond 12y ago
Nar, he means a land-value tax, which is raised from time to time in the UK.
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by DaveLond 13y ago
Grab a copy of "java concurrency in practice", it's my go-to book for when I've got a tricky concurrency problem to solve.
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by DaveLond 13y ago
An ejection seat is actually only slightly safer than crashing the plane; the strain it puts on the vertebrae in particular is enough to force the pilot to retire after a few ejections. And it sounds like he was flying over water, which car
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by DaveLond 13y ago
Assuming you get boarded by pirates, what happens next? Why would you need a bridge that could command the ship? Even if you did, turn it off unless you can remotely switch it on again. How much damage can pirates do to an empty ship? Plus,
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by DaveLond 13y ago
Errr, short-circuiting to ground will cause a RCD to trip immediately - that's what they're there for. You will generally have one RCD on the entire fuse board, and then individual circuit breakers for each branch.
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by DaveLond 13y ago
A not unattractive price point, I find. When are you planning to start charging for it?
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by DaveLond 13y ago
This looks interesting, but the lack of any pricing information makes me nervous - am I missing it?